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and i think it ought to be -- with all the questions about -- and especially with, you know, barack obama saying he'd have questions about whether his son would play if he had a son. so plenty to talk to the commissioner about. it's great to be in new orleans, let me also say that. >> great to have you. >> your kind of town. >> thank you, bob. >>> at the senate hearing hagel addressed the computer hacking. two major newspapers say chinese hackers infiltrated their computers for the last several months. >>> meanwhile pentagon officials are looking at a big change in how they fight tearer. bob orr is in washington. >> those attacks are part of the broader campaign by foreign cyber spies to hack computer systems inside the u.s. officials warn more are inevitable as cyber attacks are ga greater now. to government sponsored hackers inside china. chinese officials denied the allegations calling them not professional and groundless but both papers say there is evidence hackers stole reporters' passwords and attempted to monitor governments of the papers. state-sponsored spies, mostly from china,
and i think it ought to be -- with all the questions about -- and especially with, you know, barack obama saying he'd have questions about whether his son would play if he had a son. so plenty to talk to the commissioner about. it's great to be in new orleans, let me also say that. >> great to have you. >> your kind of town. >> thank you, bob. >>> at the senate hearing hagel addressed the computer hacking. two major newspapers say chinese hackers infiltrated their...
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thanks. >> president obama takes the stage in the midwest today. the president is making his first pitch for gun control outside of the nation's capital. bill plante is at the white house. bill good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president is headed for the west because minnesota law enforcement officials have been strong advocates for gun control this as the administration tries to keep up the pressure for action. even during the most apolitical event the year -- >> the ravens are world champions. >> reporter: there's no escaping the gun control debate. in this super bowl ad put out by a coalition of mayors led by new york city's michael bloomberg, children urged lawmakers to pass universal background checks a major piece of the president's strategy. the white house released this photo over the weekend of the president skeet shooting at camp david. to back up his statement that he's familiar with firearms. asked what he made of the photo, the ceo of the national rifle association was dismissive. >> well it's like during the campaign i won
thanks. >> president obama takes the stage in the midwest today. the president is making his first pitch for gun control outside of the nation's capital. bill plante is at the white house. bill good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president is headed for the west because minnesota law enforcement officials have been strong advocates for gun control this as the administration tries to keep up the pressure for action. even during the most apolitical event the year -- >>...
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at&t. ♪ ♪ . >>> president obama is speaking this morning at the national prayer breakfast. it's a white house tradition going back to dwight eisenhower. some 3,000 people from 140 countries are in the audience today. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >>> a new study suggests the number of alzheimer's patients could triple by 2050. dr. murali doraiswamy is from duke university. why these alarming numbers going up? >> it's what we call the silver tsunami. three reasons. one is the graying of america, the big rise in people 65 plus. the numbers are expected to double so as we get better at treating heart disease, cancer as we live longer the consequences, we may be at risk for alzheimer's. >> is there anything we can do to prevent it? >> there's no magic bullet right now, but there are several trials of experimental treatments underway but there are a lot of things we can do to try to reduce our risk. for example, the single biggest risk for alzheimer's i think is strokes and vascular risk factors. so being heart healthy, exercising, trying to eat sort of a diet that's not t
at&t. ♪ ♪ . >>> president obama is speaking this morning at the national prayer breakfast. it's a white house tradition going back to dwight eisenhower. some 3,000 people from 140 countries are in the audience today. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >>> a new study suggests the number of alzheimer's patients could triple by 2050. dr. murali doraiswamy is from duke university. why these alarming numbers going up? >> it's what we call the silver...
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. >>> all that -- >> the second obama term is starting out with bangor two. >> michelle obama's formal portrait. >> a former senator now admitting he had a secret love child with the daughter of another former senator. >> when did the senate become "the jerry springer show?" when did that happen? >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> a woman called 911 because she needed cigarettes. >> hello. i need some cigarettes. >> you don't see me calling 911 because i ran out of jokes. not anymore, anyway. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." a storm is threatening nearly 30 million people in the midwest. it could be the worst weather to hit the region in 20 years. there are white outconditions. people in kansas are being urged to stay off the road. one person has been killed in a storm related crash in oklahoma. in the west it snowed in tucson arizona. look at this. the world golf championship was suspended. blizzard warnings were posted in parts of arizona. >> we have a big mess in the midwest as you have been alluding to. here's what it looks like on the radar this morning. th
. >>> all that -- >> the second obama term is starting out with bangor two. >> michelle obama's formal portrait. >> a former senator now admitting he had a secret love child with the daughter of another former senator. >> when did the senate become "the jerry springer show?" when did that happen? >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> a woman called 911 because she needed cigarettes. >> hello. i need some cigarettes. >> you...
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obama care. there is a smarter way to find the savings, reduce spending in the federal government, than the president's sequester. these across-the-board cuts. and what we need, we've known for nearly two years this day was coming, we need the president, we need the senate domes sit down and put together that plan to move forward. the republicans have put forward a plan cathy mcmorris rodgers, thank you. >> more on tonight's interview on cbs evening news. >>> secretary of state john kerry is already making news. in germany he talked to students about his adventures as the 12-year-old son of a diplomat in post-war berlin. he urged young students to be tolerate of all points of view, even if they are unpopular or offensive and said this about the united states -- >> in america, you have a right to be stupid. [ laughter ] >> if you want to be. and you have a right to be disconnected to somebody else if you want to be. we tolerate it. we somehow make it through that. >> now kerry heads to paris tomor
obama care. there is a smarter way to find the savings, reduce spending in the federal government, than the president's sequester. these across-the-board cuts. and what we need, we've known for nearly two years this day was coming, we need the president, we need the senate domes sit down and put together that plan to move forward. the republicans have put forward a plan cathy mcmorris rodgers, thank you. >> more on tonight's interview on cbs evening news. >>> secretary of state...
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. >> reporter: the drone program puts president obama in an awkward position. as a senator and presidential candidate he criticized the bush administration anti-terrorism policy of enhanced interrogation of torture of suspects. >> this administration is acting like violence is a way to enhance our security. it is not. there are no shortcuts to protecting america. >> reporter: now the white house administration is being criticized for doing something outside the law. >> we have something that even president bush didn't do, which is the order the killing of a united states citizen without clear evidence of an immediate attack. >> reporter: in a written response, they're constantly redefining its standards and he doesn't believe new legislation is necessary. the white house has been under a lot of pressure from democrats as well as republicans and this release seems to be time to avoid an embarrassing holdup of brennan's nomination. >>> senior security analyst juan zarate working during the administration of president bush. what's the hardest question brennan will
. >> reporter: the drone program puts president obama in an awkward position. as a senator and presidential candidate he criticized the bush administration anti-terrorism policy of enhanced interrogation of torture of suspects. >> this administration is acting like violence is a way to enhance our security. it is not. there are no shortcuts to protecting america. >> reporter: now the white house administration is being criticized for doing something outside the law. >>...
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president obama is warning about across-the-board budget cuts soon to kick in. he warns people will lose their jobs and services will be slashed. >> we are now nine days away from those deep automatic cuts. bill plante is at the white house. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. top congressional leaders say it's the president's fault and they don't want these cuts to happen even though some of their members do. the president says he doesn't want the cuts to happen either. today he sits down with local tv reporters to, as the white house official puts it, to turn up the pressure for republicans to compromise. with just over a week until the cuts take effect, the president's placing the blame for the sequester squarely at the doorstep of the republicans in congress. >> the last thing our families can afford right now is pain imposed unnecessarily by partisan recklessness. >> reporter: he'll hit the road to argue his case campaign stile regarding burgeoning budget cuts. he wants to close loopholes mostly against the wealthy to get more revenue. if
president obama is warning about across-the-board budget cuts soon to kick in. he warns people will lose their jobs and services will be slashed. >> we are now nine days away from those deep automatic cuts. bill plante is at the white house. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. top congressional leaders say it's the president's fault and they don't want these cuts to happen even though some of their members do. the president says he doesn't want the cuts to happen...
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president obama is calling the test highly provocative. and the president said north korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs constitutes a threat to u.s. and international security. the president will speak about the test tonight during his state of the union address. >>> news comes a day after pope benedict's resignation. allen pizzey with more on what's leading the pope to step down. >> reporter: declining health may have been a major factor to affect his decision to step down. the pope has been wearing a pace maker for several years and had an operation three months ago to change the battery. add that to the stress of the sex abuse scandals, it probably took a major toll. the last thing that came out is last august pope ordered work to be done on an old convent building where he will live. his last major performance will be ash wednesday. he cannot take part in the conclave, however. that has to be done by the cardinals without his influence at all. >> good morning, monsignor. >> good morning. >> you are there in rome. >>
president obama is calling the test highly provocative. and the president said north korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs constitutes a threat to u.s. and international security. the president will speak about the test tonight during his state of the union address. >>> news comes a day after pope benedict's resignation. allen pizzey with more on what's leading the pope to step down. >> reporter: declining health may have been a major factor to affect his...
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president obama is calling the test a highly provacative act. he condemned it in a statement overnight saying north korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program constitutes a threat to u.s. national security and to international peace and security. north korea has been warning for weeks that it was about to test its nuclear arsenal. on tuesday morning, it exploded a bomb in a facility one kilometer underground near the same location of its nuclear test in 2006 and 2009. >> there is concern that they could come up with a delivery system for their nuclear weapons. >> reporter: last week the u.s. and south korean navies launched military drills in the region as a show of force. north korea's test demonstrates a significant split from its main patron, china. recently beijing warned leader kim jong-un against any weapons tests. >> they've said publicly that there would be real consequences for north korea. what those consequences are we have to see, but i suspect it's going to be more than an angry lettered. >> reporter: china is one of the
president obama is calling the test a highly provacative act. he condemned it in a statement overnight saying north korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program constitutes a threat to u.s. national security and to international peace and security. north korea has been warning for weeks that it was about to test its nuclear arsenal. on tuesday morning, it exploded a bomb in a facility one kilometer underground near the same location of its nuclear test in 2006 and 2009. >> there...
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. >> right before president obama sat down with cbs's scott pelley for an exclusive interview. he talked about the economy shrinking and the last quarter of 2012. >> i don't think the question is about raising rates. the question is if we can reduce the deficit, can we combine some spending cuts because there's still waste in government, can we reform our health care because we spend more than eany other country. there's ways to reduce health care costs. and can we close loopholes and deductions that folks that are well connected and have a lot of accountants and lawyers can take advantage of, can we close some of those loopholes. if you combine those things together, then we cannot only reduce our deficit but we can continue to invest in things like education and research and development that's going to help us grow. washington cannot continually operate under a cloud of crisis. that freezes up consumers, it gets businesses worried. we can't afford these self-inflicted wounds. and there's a way for us to resolve these budget problems in a responsible way through a balanced app
. >> right before president obama sat down with cbs's scott pelley for an exclusive interview. he talked about the economy shrinking and the last quarter of 2012. >> i don't think the question is about raising rates. the question is if we can reduce the deficit, can we combine some spending cuts because there's still waste in government, can we reform our health care because we spend more than eany other country. there's ways to reduce health care costs. and can we close loopholes...
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obama care. there is a smarter way to find the savings, reduce spending in the federal government than the president's sequester. these across the board cuts and what we need we've known for nearly two years this day was coming. we need the president, we need the senate democrats to sit down and put together that plan to move forward. the republicans have put forward our plan twice. >> congresswoman kathy m mcmorris-rodgers good to see you, thank you. >> thank you. >>> and scott pelley will talk to house speaker john boehner today about the looming budget cuts see that interview tonight on "the cbs evening news." >>> secretary of state john kerry is already making news today in germany he talked to students about his adventures as the 12-year-old son of a diplomat in post-war berlin. he urged the young students to be tolerant of all points of view, even if they are popular and offensive and kerry said this about the united states. >> in america, you have a right to be stupid. if you want to be. a
obama care. there is a smarter way to find the savings, reduce spending in the federal government than the president's sequester. these across the board cuts and what we need we've known for nearly two years this day was coming. we need the president, we need the senate democrats to sit down and put together that plan to move forward. the republicans have put forward our plan twice. >> congresswoman kathy m mcmorris-rodgers good to see you, thank you. >> thank you. >>> and...
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. >> until president obama talks about the benghazi attack. >> i'm not going to stop until we get to the bottom of it. >>> thousands of people are stranded after an engine fire left the carnival triumph without electricity in the gulf of mexico. >> all that -- >> and the grammy goes to "we are young." >> everybody can see our faces, and we are not very young. >> and the grammy goes to mumford & sons. >> and you can see, i read the memo. >> -- and all that matters -- >> john kerry becoming secretary of state is a sign of strength. >> senator hagel. >> senator hagel. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> we're bringing in a highly trained team, profession alg body doubles. >> they look nothing like me. some of them are black. they look nothing like me. >> well, neither are you, homey. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." we have breaking news from vatican city. pope benedict xvi says he will resign at the end of the month. the bombshell announcement affects more than 1 billion catholics around the world. >> the 85-year-old pope revealed his decision this morning at a meeting of cardinals in lo
. >> until president obama talks about the benghazi attack. >> i'm not going to stop until we get to the bottom of it. >>> thousands of people are stranded after an engine fire left the carnival triumph without electricity in the gulf of mexico. >> all that -- >> and the grammy goes to "we are young." >> everybody can see our faces, and we are not very young. >> and the grammy goes to mumford & sons. >> and you can see, i read the...
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obama also announced u.s. forces will be returning home from afghanistan faster than originally planned. >> i can announce that over the next year another 34,000 american troops will come home from afghanistan. this drawdown will continue and by the end of next year, our war in afghanistan will be over. >> reporter: the president gushed over bipartisan efforts to legalize 11 million undocumented workers here now and craft a new legal immigration system that also tightens border security evidence of the momentum? outstretched hands from republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham. tough critics of mr. obama's foreign policy. >> let's get this done. send me a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the next few months and i will sign it right away and america will be better for it. >> reporter: many lawmakers wore green ribbons in solidarity with newtown, connecticut, and victims of gun violence occupied seats of honor. in his emotionally charged close, mr. obama asked congress to ask congress what it ha
obama also announced u.s. forces will be returning home from afghanistan faster than originally planned. >> i can announce that over the next year another 34,000 american troops will come home from afghanistan. this drawdown will continue and by the end of next year, our war in afghanistan will be over. >> reporter: the president gushed over bipartisan efforts to legalize 11 million undocumented workers here now and craft a new legal immigration system that also tightens border...
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." >> did you see pictures of president obama playing golf this past weekend with tiger woods? neither did we. >> i don't understand what the outrage is. you want to watch him shank and slice? >> you know you have a good marriage when you say, sure honey, go have a guys' weekend with tiger woods in florida. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." nora o'donnell is on assignment. we've learned new details about what motivated adam lanza to go on a shooting spree last december in newtown, connecticut. >> the rampage at the sandy hook loophole elementary school killed 20 students and six faculty members. we have more. >> reporter: good morning. law enforcement sources tell cbs news that adam lanza was motivated by violent video games and a strong personal desire to kill more people than another infamous mass murderer. sources say adam lanza saw himself as being in direct competition with anders breivik, a norwegian man who killed 77 people in july 2011. breivik set off a bomb in downtown oslo killing eight people, then moved to a nearby island where he hunted d
." >> did you see pictures of president obama playing golf this past weekend with tiger woods? neither did we. >> i don't understand what the outrage is. you want to watch him shank and slice? >> you know you have a good marriage when you say, sure honey, go have a guys' weekend with tiger woods in florida. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." nora o'donnell is on assignment. we've learned new details about what motivated adam...
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i was just asking these two guys outside, was that michelle obama? >> reporter: 22-year-old jennifer lawrence had a very unscripted moment on her way to collecting her oscar for best actress. her fall brought the audience to its feet. >> what went through my mind when i fell down? a bad word that i can't say. that starts with "s." >> and the quest to make tommy lee jones laugh begins now. >> reporter: oscars host seth mack far lane got plenty of laughs on stage but was also widely panned on twitter for what some considered tasteless humor. >> the actor who really got inside lincoln's head was john wilkes booth. ♪ >> reporter: the show itself seemed more about music than movies, with 12 performances, including jennifer hudson. ♪ and barbra streisand. ♪ memories ♪ >> reporter: did you kind of feel like you were watching the tonys at some point? >> by the epd, i was like now it is the tonys, and i actually said to her, it's the tonys. >> reporter: adele belted out her james bond theme which won her an oscar for best song. another bond girl shirl
i was just asking these two guys outside, was that michelle obama? >> reporter: 22-year-old jennifer lawrence had a very unscripted moment on her way to collecting her oscar for best actress. her fall brought the audience to its feet. >> what went through my mind when i fell down? a bad word that i can't say. that starts with "s." >> and the quest to make tommy lee jones laugh begins now. >> reporter: oscars host seth mack far lane got plenty of laughs on stage...
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obama talked briefly with both republican leaders during a ceremony unveiling a statue of rosa parks on capitol hill. caught in this photo, it's the first time they met in face to face since december. in a last-ditch scramble democrats and republicans in the senate have crafted legislation to avoid the cuts but both bills are expected to die later today. >> when they put forward gimmicks instead of negotiating serious spending cut solutions, americans feel like they're not being listened to. >> reporter: dire warnings from agencies and departments about the negative effects of the sequester have continued, but republicans question whether the warnings are justified. last sunday on cbs' "face the nation" education secretary arne duncan said this -- >> there are literally teachers now who are getting pink slips, who are getting notices, they can't come back this fall. >> reporter: but when pressed wednesday during a meeting duncan conceded he knew only one county nationwide whether there have been notices and -- >> whether it's all press related, i don't know. >> reporter: and as it tu
obama talked briefly with both republican leaders during a ceremony unveiling a statue of rosa parks on capitol hill. caught in this photo, it's the first time they met in face to face since december. in a last-ditch scramble democrats and republicans in the senate have crafted legislation to avoid the cuts but both bills are expected to die later today. >> when they put forward gimmicks instead of negotiating serious spending cut solutions, americans feel like they're not being listened...
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obama's remarks tuesday, house speaker john boehner said the president offered no credible plan that can pass congress only more calls for higher taxes. but within boehner's own party, there is disagreement on whether the sequester is a danger or a silver lining. >> not only should the sequester stand, many pundits say the sequester's far short, that we need $4 trillion in cuts. >> reporter: and as washington argues over whose fault the cuts will be if they happen, nearby local governments, home to federal workers and contractors, worry that massive layoffs would cripple their economies. >> we don't need to wait to see the white in their eyes to start responding because of the potential that we see. this challenge is real and real right now. >> with the deadline still nine days away there's a lot of posturing going on and no sign anyone is trying to make a deal. officials tell us there are no secret negotiations under way. one reason for that the obama administration thinks it is winning this debate and public pressure will force the republicans to give in. charlie, gayle? >> bill pl
obama's remarks tuesday, house speaker john boehner said the president offered no credible plan that can pass congress only more calls for higher taxes. but within boehner's own party, there is disagreement on whether the sequester is a danger or a silver lining. >> not only should the sequester stand, many pundits say the sequester's far short, that we need $4 trillion in cuts. >> reporter: and as washington argues over whose fault the cuts will be if they happen, nearby local...
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. >> the new official white house portrait of first lady michelle obama. >> if we could put eye lashes on you you'd look so sexy. >> it feels so right to me. >> a former senator now admitting he had a secret love child with the daughter of another former senator. >> when did the senate become "the jerry springer show." >> on "cbs this morning." >> a woman called 911 and because she ran out of cigarettes. >> hello? >> hello, i need some cigarettes. >> you don't see me calling 911 because i run out of jokes do you? not anymore, anyway. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." dangerous storm is threatening more than 30 million people in the midwest. it could be the worst weather to hit the region in two years, already there are near whiteout conditions in colorado one of 18 states under a winter storm warning or advisory. >>> people in kansas are being urged to stay off the roads. state offices have been closed until tomorrow morning. one person has been killed in a storm-related crash in oklahoma. to the west, it snowed in tucson, arizona. look at this the world golf championship match play t
. >> the new official white house portrait of first lady michelle obama. >> if we could put eye lashes on you you'd look so sexy. >> it feels so right to me. >> a former senator now admitting he had a secret love child with the daughter of another former senator. >> when did the senate become "the jerry springer show." >> on "cbs this morning." >> a woman called 911 and because she ran out of cigarettes. >> hello? >>...
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. >>> senator lindsey graham has said he will hold up the confirmation of president obama's nominees at the pentagon and the cia. >> until the president provides more information on the benghazi terror attack. >> this is a national security issue of monumental proportions, and i'm not going to stop until we get to the bottom of it. >>> thousands of people stranded after an engine fire left the carnival ship triumph stranded in the gulf of mexico. >>> and the grammy goes to "we are young." >> everybody can see our faces, and we are not very young. >> the grammy goes to "babel." >> as you can see, i read the memo. >> and all that matters. >>> john kerry can aboutingbecoming secretary of state is a sign of strength for this administration is being celebrated all over the world. >> senator hagel? >> nor hagel. sorry. >> as head of your security, we're bringing in a highly trained team of professional body doubles. >> they look nothing like me. some of them are black. they're not fooling anybody. >> well, neither are you, homey. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." while you were sleeping i
. >>> senator lindsey graham has said he will hold up the confirmation of president obama's nominees at the pentagon and the cia. >> until the president provides more information on the benghazi terror attack. >> this is a national security issue of monumental proportions, and i'm not going to stop until we get to the bottom of it. >>> thousands of people stranded after an engine fire left the carnival ship triumph stranded in the gulf of mexico. >>> and...
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president obama is pushing congress to make smaller cuts. bill is at the white house. >> reporter: good morning. this hour the president is speaking making the case that congress should keep the spending cuts from going into effect. >> it's so troubling that just ten days from now congress might allow a series of automatic severe budget cuts to take place. >> reporter: in less than two weeks, more than $85 billion in across the board cuts are set to take effect. the pentagon would see roughly half of those reductions and that's a major point of contention among republicans. still, it's the mandatory cuts in domestic spending that would hit americans the hardest. there could be furloughs of food safety employees leading to a shortage of meat poultry and eggs and pushing up food prices. 50,000 tsa workers could see their hours cut back. that would mean longer security lines for air travelers. and more than 350,000 people who need mental health treatment could be denied. hundreds of thousands of government workers from teachers to federal law e
president obama is pushing congress to make smaller cuts. bill is at the white house. >> reporter: good morning. this hour the president is speaking making the case that congress should keep the spending cuts from going into effect. >> it's so troubling that just ten days from now congress might allow a series of automatic severe budget cuts to take place. >> reporter: in less than two weeks, more than $85 billion in across the board cuts are set to take effect. the pentagon...
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. >>> republicans say president obama's latest offer is nothing new and means higher taxes. the president believes the cuts would hurt the economy and he's willing to settle for a short term fix. >> if congress can't act immediately on a bigger package f they can't get a bigger package done by the time the sequester is scheduled to go into effect, then i believe they should at least pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms that would delay the economically damaging effects of the sequester for a few more months until congress finds a way. >> cbs news political director john dickerson is in washington, john good morning. >> good morning, norah. >> another deadline in washington, another proposal for a short term fix without any specifics about how to do it and a bunch of people, thousands of people facing job losses. is this about the president trying to gain the political upper hand? >> you sound tired of these skirmishes norah? they've been going on two years this is chapter 87 in a dreary book. this is both sides trying to gain leverage. they're trying to pu
. >>> republicans say president obama's latest offer is nothing new and means higher taxes. the president believes the cuts would hurt the economy and he's willing to settle for a short term fix. >> if congress can't act immediately on a bigger package f they can't get a bigger package done by the time the sequester is scheduled to go into effect, then i believe they should at least pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms that would delay the economically damaging...
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. >>> on capitol hill yesterday, a surprise about the obama administration's response to syria's civil war. defense secretary leon panetta revealed for the first time that president obama was the one who blocked a plan to arm rebel fighters in syria. the plan was developed last year by then cia director david petraeus and backed by penalty gone leaders and then secretary of state hillary clinton. the white house had doubts about which rebels could be trusted with the arms. those details came to light during the senate hearing on libya. they had tough questions for panetta. he related he and president obama spoke once during the eight-hour benghazi attack that left four americans dead. it also explained why war plains weren't sent. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, good morning. >> good morning, norah. panetta says the reason planes were not sent is because it came in two waves. after the first wave ended, they all thought it was over. plus, he said, there wasn't enough actionable intelligence on the ground to act. >> you can't just willy nilly send f-16s there and blow up the pla
. >>> on capitol hill yesterday, a surprise about the obama administration's response to syria's civil war. defense secretary leon panetta revealed for the first time that president obama was the one who blocked a plan to arm rebel fighters in syria. the plan was developed last year by then cia director david petraeus and backed by penalty gone leaders and then secretary of state hillary clinton. the white house had doubts about which rebels could be trusted with the arms. those...
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president obama called republican leaders yesterday. bill plante is at the white house. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. first high-level contact but no reported progress. congress will be back to work on monday, but there's a sense here at the white house that the white house will find it politically impossible to make any kind of deal. it will mean trimming across the board. with the pentagon and other departments already in crisis mode, the white house announced thursday that he had phoned them but wouldn't state more. was it to reach out for a decision or to reach out in order to compromise? >> the president shoek with senator mcconnell and the speaker. i have no content to read out to you. the two republican leaders pointed out this was the first time they reached out in ought mat imcuts in 2012. it will mean $1.2 trillion in across-the-board cuts. thursday president obama argued to friendly radio hosts that they're standing in his way for the wrong reasons. >> their basic view is nothing is important enough to raise taxes on well thi ind
president obama called republican leaders yesterday. bill plante is at the white house. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. first high-level contact but no reported progress. congress will be back to work on monday, but there's a sense here at the white house that the white house will find it politically impossible to make any kind of deal. it will mean trimming across the board. with the pentagon and other departments already in crisis mode, the white house...
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do you wash your hands of this and wave it to the senate. >> for the first time the obama administration is considering providing direct aid to the rebels in syria. >> macy's says it has the right to sell martha stewart's products exclusively but jc penney and martha stewart say macy's will have to learn to share. >> why does marissa maier need to be a role model for working moms? >> at a time of the rising tension between north korea and the united states one might not consider sending dennis rodman as a special envoy, but that's especially what he'll be doing this week. >> how did honda turned itself around? >> the pope does not get a nickel. gets no paycheck, no money coming in. nothing. yep. that must drive his wife crazy. >> announcer: today's "eye opener" at 8:00 is presented by allergan. >>> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. pope benedict says his eight years as pope was filled with joy and trouble. >> the pope held his last general audience this morning in front of a crowd of some 100,000 people. allen pizzey is in vatican city. allen, good morning to you. >>
do you wash your hands of this and wave it to the senate. >> for the first time the obama administration is considering providing direct aid to the rebels in syria. >> macy's says it has the right to sell martha stewart's products exclusively but jc penney and martha stewart say macy's will have to learn to share. >> why does marissa maier need to be a role model for working moms? >> at a time of the rising tension between north korea and the united states one might not...
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obama administration officials say france will lead the fight in mali. right now u.s. provides intelligence, transportation and diplomatic support. >> "the washington times" says the u.s. is looking for six places to test drone aircraft that could eventually be used in this country. 30 states say they are interested. the unmanned sky planes are expected to enter u.s. air space on a large scale by 2015. >> the "wall street journal" looks at the racial gap when it comes to sentencing african-american men to prison. the u.s. sentencing commission found sentences for black men were nearly 20% longer than those for white men convicted ovicted of similar crimes. >> "the new york times" says berkshire hathaway and 3g take over heinz, the maker of heinz ketchup. >> and "the washington post" looks at how fish behave on medication. new study finds perch that were exposed to anxiety drugs displayed anti-social behavior. researchers want to understand the environmental impact of >>> all right. we have some gorgeous weather around the bay area coming our way lots of sunshine, the t
obama administration officials say france will lead the fight in mali. right now u.s. provides intelligence, transportation and diplomatic support. >> "the washington times" says the u.s. is looking for six places to test drone aircraft that could eventually be used in this country. 30 states say they are interested. the unmanned sky planes are expected to enter u.s. air space on a large scale by 2015. >> the "wall street journal" looks at the racial gap when it...
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welcome back top >>> president obama's>>> president obama's >>> president obama's cia nomineenominee johnp nominee john brennanrnominee john brennan isp defending thedefending the use of lethal drone strikes. brennanrbrennanp brennan saidbrennan said the brennan said the strikes are usedp attacks and notattacks and not as a tool of retribution. >>>p >>> the>>> the controversy over the use ofrof dronesp of drones isn't stopping the militaryp military frommilitary from testing the next generation of planes out pilots. the newest drones can be completely guided by computers, not people. david martin is at the naval station in paw tuxie river, maryland, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, i'm standing in front of a large unmanned aircraft flown by the navy over the persian gulf flies at 50,000 feet and designed strictly for surveillance but there are other drones at the naval air station in the pawtuxet river, maryland which are designed to carry weapons. it is capable of carrying 4,000 pounds of weapons. right now it is loaded only with instruments as it is launched from a land bas
welcome back top >>> president obama's>>> president obama's >>> president obama's cia nomineenominee johnp nominee john brennanrnominee john brennan isp defending thedefending the use of lethal drone strikes. brennanrbrennanp brennan saidbrennan said the brennan said the strikes are usedp attacks and notattacks and not as a tool of retribution. >>>p >>> the>>> the controversy over the use ofrof dronesp of drones isn't stopping the militaryp...
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>> because obama appointed you. [ applause ] >> i made jokes about you, but -- [ laughter ] >> and all that matters -- >> the public records indicate superdome officials were worry good a possible blackout months before the super bowl. >> on "cbs this morning." >> the heart of the new orleans' party, even the football stadiums black out. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." we are learning new details about the end of an alabama hostage drama. fbi agents raided an underground bunker yesterday, shooting and killing the captor. >> the 5-year-old boy, ethan, is said to be okay. officials said they had to move in because the kidnapper was growing distraught. we have more from mark straso n strassma strassmann. >> reporter: ethan is waking up with his parents for the first time in a week. investigators processing the crime scene. this seven-day standoff ended as violently as it began -- with a gunshot. >> poor boy. a very special child. he's been through a lot. he's endured a lot. it's by the grace of god he's okay. >> reporter: ethan had spent seven days underground, the prisoner of jimmy le
>> because obama appointed you. [ applause ] >> i made jokes about you, but -- [ laughter ] >> and all that matters -- >> the public records indicate superdome officials were worry good a possible blackout months before the super bowl. >> on "cbs this morning." >> the heart of the new orleans' party, even the football stadiums black out. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." we are learning new details about the end of an alabama...
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. >> reporter: house republicans have coined the somewhat clunky term "obama-quester" to describe the looming cuts in an attempt to pin the blame on the president. >> i call on the democrats to show us their plan to stop the sequester from going into effect. >> reporter: house republicans passed their own plan last year but the president panned it. >> they made bigger cuts to things like education and job training medicare and social security benefits, that idea is even worse. >> reporter: millionaires just saw their taxes go up two months ago, when they lost their bush era tax cuts and house speaker john boehner has been telling us all week the president got his revenue then. he's not getting any more. ra and j.b. these two sides have to start dealing if they want to avert the deadline which is just two weeks away and congress isn't even in session next week. >> wow, nancy cordes thank you. also cbs news political director john dickerson, i'm glad you're here this morning. nancy has all this great reporting. now the democrats have a plan. the plan includes the buffett rule which has
. >> reporter: house republicans have coined the somewhat clunky term "obama-quester" to describe the looming cuts in an attempt to pin the blame on the president. >> i call on the democrats to show us their plan to stop the sequester from going into effect. >> reporter: house republicans passed their own plan last year but the president panned it. >> they made bigger cuts to things like education and job training medicare and social security benefits, that...
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. >>> cbs sports reporter scott pelley has a live interview with president obama tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. eastern time 1:30 pacific during the super bowl today. >>> on wall street the dow jones industrial average topped 14,000 yesterday thanks to strong job growth and positive numbers in housing and manufacturing. the dow added 149 points to close above 14,000 for the first time in more than five years. it has been a quick climb since 2009 when the dow fell to a 12-year low, 6,547. >>> gas prices are also on the rise. the aaa nationalage is $3.46. that's a jump of 13 cents in a week. ben tracy takes a look at the spike and how it's spread. >> reporter: the price at the pump has risen 29 cents. the average price for regular is $3.92. >> we know there was a wholesale spike of about 50 cents last week, and so the market has to absorb that cost in some way. >> reporter: oil companies say it's a supply issue. some area refineries are shut down for maintenance, while others are switching from the winter blend of gasoline to the more expensive summer blend. it could affect the gass price spike
. >>> cbs sports reporter scott pelley has a live interview with president obama tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. eastern time 1:30 pacific during the super bowl today. >>> on wall street the dow jones industrial average topped 14,000 yesterday thanks to strong job growth and positive numbers in housing and manufacturing. the dow added 149 points to close above 14,000 for the first time in more than five years. it has been a quick climb since 2009 when the dow fell to a 12-year low,...
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. >>> president obama is among those who consider daniel hernandez jr. a hero. hernandez is the 20-year-old intern who helped save congresswoman gabby giffords during the deadly mass shooting in arizona two years ago. this morning he writes a letter of advice for our ongoing series, "note to self." >> dear daniel at the age of 5 you've already decided what you want to do with the rest of your life. you want to help people. you enjoy school and you love politics. and you're ambitious but really have no reason to be. you're young your gay and latino, born it a struggling working class family in tucson arizona. i just want to let you know now things may not go according to plan, but in the end everything will work out and you'll be able to still help other people. you have many lessons to learn in a short amount of time. you'll learn that you're smarter than most people give you credit for but not as smart as you think you are. you'll learn that living a life trying to make others happy will only succeed in making you unhappy. and you'll learn to accept the things
. >>> president obama is among those who consider daniel hernandez jr. a hero. hernandez is the 20-year-old intern who helped save congresswoman gabby giffords during the deadly mass shooting in arizona two years ago. this morning he writes a letter of advice for our ongoing series, "note to self." >> dear daniel at the age of 5 you've already decided what you want to do with the rest of your life. you want to help people. you enjoy school and you love politics. and...
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. >>> the debate over obama administration's use of unmanned drone craft striking americans was front and center this week on capitol hill. senators grilled cia director nominee john brennan about the program. but what's the view on the ground? cristhristopher smith a an adjunct professor and recently from a fact-fining mission in yemen. good morning, christopher. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> what's the attitude about these strikes? is there a revulsion about them? a political problem? how do they feel? >> there's a major political problem, and the political problem is generalized political anger and resentment. it's not the droens in particular. it's the fact that the united states and saudi arabia have intervened in yemen. and the if you look at the the arab spring, they see that as foreign countries interfering with their ability to make their own decisions about their country's future. >> to what tee degreedegree is it becoming a recruitment tool for al qaeda? >> we presume that the drone strikes bring resent meant and that brings more into al qaeda. i interviewed a n
. >>> the debate over obama administration's use of unmanned drone craft striking americans was front and center this week on capitol hill. senators grilled cia director nominee john brennan about the program. but what's the view on the ground? cristhristopher smith a an adjunct professor and recently from a fact-fining mission in yemen. good morning, christopher. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> what's the attitude about these strikes? is there a revulsion about...
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